"This programme is one of the concrete deliverables of the Joint Africa-EU Partnership aiming at establishing long-lasting African crisis management capabilities, based on the lessons learned from recent and on-going peace support operations such as AFISMA and AFISMA-CAR" said Catherine Ashton, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-president of the European Commission.

Some of our more tangible achievements include: a conflict resolution system that allows employees to resolve workplace issues in an interest-based fashion; a performance management system for all employees and management with a particular focus on effective people management; a corporate culture of continuous learning, with significant investment in training and educational assistance; the creation of a cohesive management group to recognize the significant management responsibilities they share and to assist in leading change on the frontline; a collective bargaining regime, in which we can and do negotiate collective agreements that support the business and employee needs of the CRRA; a new capacity to target our external recruitmen ...[+++]t supported by technology and simplified processes; the development of a staffing and recourse regime that is less administrative and adversarial and that promotes values, accountability of managers and dialogue; a streamlined staffing program whereby the time to hire staff has been reduced; and a strategic and management-led employment equity program resulting in a strong record of representation of designated groups.

2. The following measures necessary for the implementation of the programme and of the other actions of this Decision shall be adopted in accordance with the management procedure referred to in Article 8(2) in accordance with the principles, general guidelines and selection criteria laid down in the Annex:

8th Annual Report on the Structural Funds; programme implementation

All of us in this House and across Canada take great pride in the visible accomplishments of our space program and the scientists who are in this Quebec based organization who support it (1725 ) This past week, we had the example of astronaut Marc Garneau returning from outer space, a Quebecer who demonstrates clearly that participation in this important program is from across Canada.

The Second Programme Building on the earlier programme, but glossing over the lack of concrete achievements, the 1981 Second Programme recognized two other objectives : - the inclusion of the interest of consumers in all EC policies, and not only in a specific consumer policy; - the promotion of dialogue between representatives of consumers, producers and distributors.